The industrial arts of Scandinavia in the pagan time (1883)
Hildebrand, Hans, 1842-1913 · [London] Pub. for the Committee of Council on Education by Chapman & Hall · leaf 129
Fig. ioo.—Silver pendant. Gotland. is human: a heavy eyebrow, a short nose, two round eyes—presumably meant to enclose a coloured stone; a mightymoustache, and a widely-opened mouth. As I have hinted ona previous occasion, the ancient Scandinavians, at least in their … Fig. ioi.—Silver beads of a necklace. Gotland. vigorous days, seem to have worn only a moustache, never abeard, this being perhaps reserved for the old men. Of the beads constituting the necklace to which this pendantbelonged, Fig. ioi gives some specimens. They are delicatelyformed of thin…
Decorative arts · Art metal-work
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